Sotheby’s
Fine Books & Manuscripts
June 24-25

Sotheby’s, June 25: Keats, John. The most significant collection of Keats’s love letters to come to market since 1885. $1,500,000 to $2,500,000.

Sotheby’s, June 25: Chassériau, Benoît. The “Expedicion secreta” of the Free State of Cartagena de Indias against the forts of Portobelo (Panama). $50,000 to $70,000.

Sotheby’s, June 25: (Hamilton, Alexander, James Madison, and John Jay). "One of the new nation's most important contributions to the theory of government”. $150,000 to $180,000.

Sotheby’s, June 24: Benjamin Franklin. "the Day of the Declaration of Independence is everywhere annually celebrated". $80,000 to $120,000.

Sotheby’s, June 24: (Johann Conrad Beissel). A Sammelband of two of Benjamin Franklin's rarest imprints. $70,000 to $100,000.

Sotheby’s, June 25: [Pernambuco]. First printed work in favor of Brazilian Independence. $150,000 to $200,000.
June 23rd, 24th & 25th 2026

Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Medical Incunabula: Petit (Jean)publisher & Kerver (Thielman)printer. Regimen Sanitatis Salernitanum, sm. 8vo, Paris [1498]

Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Hugo (Victor) [Wraxall (Lascelles)]. Les Miserable, 3 vols., 8vo, L. (Hurst & Blackett) 1862, First Authorized English Translation (copyright).

Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Shelley (Mary Wollstonecraft). Frankenstein: or The Modern Prometheus, 8vo, 2 vols. in one, L. (G. & W.B. Whittaker, Ave-Maria-Lane) 1823.

June 23rd, 24th & 25th 2026

Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Cuisine: Anon. Cookery, Pastry, and Sweet Meats in three Books, Alphabetically Digested, 8vo 1710.

Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Lambert (Aylmer Bourke). A Description of the Genus Pinus, with Directions Relative to the Cultivation…, 2 vols. Sm. folio L. (Messrs. Weddell) 1832.

Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Botany: Curtis (William). Flora Londinensis: or Plates and Descriptions of such Plants as Grow Wild in the Environs of London, 2 vols. folio, London (B. White) 1777 – 1798.

June 23rd, 24th & 25th 2026

Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Le Moire (J.M.) Maple Leaves, Canadian History and Quebec Scenery (Third Series) 8vo Quebec (Hunter, Rose & Co.) 1865. First Edn.

Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: The Earliest Extant Printed House Contents Sale Catalogue in Ireland: Baillie, Auctioneer, Abby Street. A Catalogue of the Goods and Stock of the late Edward Wingfield…

Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: William III King of England. Autograph Letter Signed ("William R") to an unnamed correspondent [possibly Charles-Henri de Lorraine] discussing his strategy against the French forces during the siege of Namur.

June 23rd, 24th & 25th 2026

Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: [Austen (Jane) (1785-1817]. Pride and Prejudice, 3 vols. sm. 8vo, L. (T. Egerton) 1813.

Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Heaney (Seamus). Ugolino, sm. folio D. (Dolmen) 1979, Limited Edn. No. 78/125 Copies, Signed by Seamus Heaney, Louis le Brocquy, Liam Miller and Andrew Carpenter.

Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Voltaire (F.M. Avouet de). Petits Ouvrages, attribues a M. de Voltaire, sm. folio manuscript, dated 1776, containing 9 works.
Bonhams, June 14-23: Franklin D. Roosevelt Presentation Gold Pocket Watch. Estimate: $20,000 - 30,000

Bonhams, June 14-23: Presentation Copy of the First Issue of the Lincoln Douglas Debates Signed by Abraham Lincoln in Pencil to a Sangamon County Illinois Republican. Estimate: $150,000 - 250,000

Bonhams, June 14-23: A Senate Resolution Signed in the Tense Days After the Union's Humiliating Defeat at the First Battle of Bull Run. Estimate: $80,000 - $120,000

Bonhams, June 14-23: Seven Passages to a Flight, an Artists Book with a Story Quilt by Faith Ringgold, the Publisher's Own Copy. Estimate: $80,000 - 120,000

Bonhams, June 14-23: A New Charter for Virginia, A Response to the First Armed Rebellion in the American Colonies. Estimate: $15,000 - 25,000

Bonhams, June 14-23: Earliest obtainable printing of the Bill of Rights. Estimate: $8,000 - 12,000

Bonhams, June 14-23: Edward Curtis Orotone. Estimate: $7,000 - 9,000

Bonhams, June 14-23: Owned by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis: A Butter or Dessert Plate from FDR's State Dinner Service. Estimate: $3,000 - 5,000

Bonhams, June 14-23: An Early Large-Format Plan of the City of Washington. Estimate: $1,500 - 2,500

Bonhams, June 14-23: Containing the First Map to Name the Hudson River. Estimate: $20,000 - 30,000

Bonhams, June 14-23: America's First Major Novelist, a Complete Chapter in Autograph Manuscript by James Fenimore Cooper. Estimate: $15,000 - 20,000

Bonhams, June 14-23: The Only Full-Length Book by Jefferson, with the Justly Famous Map. Estimate: $12,000 - 18,000
June 25, 2026

Doyle, June 25: Houdini's biography, boldly signed. $3,000 to $5,000.

Doyle, June 25: A volume from Abraham Lincoln's library, signed just before heading to Washington for his inauguration. $20,000 to $30,000.

Doyle, June 25: A very early Confederate recruiting manual belonging to the chief commissary in Lee's Army. $600 to $800.

Doyle, June 25: Rare hand-colored lithographs of the life of Napoleon. $20,000 to $30,000.

Doyle, June 25: The "Holster Atlas" of the American Revolution. $5,000 to $8,000.

Doyle, June 25: Jewish ceremonies in fine hand-colored engravings. $7,000 to $10,000.

Doyle, June 25: A very rare work on Turkish military costume. $1,000 to $1,500.

June 25, 2026

Doyle, June 25: The most important illustrated work on the Mexican-American War. $10,000 to $15,000.

Doyle, June 25: The finest illustrated book on Afghanistan. $10,000 to $15,000.

Doyle, June 25: Henry Justice Ford St. George rescues the Princess from the horrible Dragon. $2,000 to $3,000.

Doyle, June 25: A rare work of Prussian Army uniforms under Frederick William II, with exquisite hand-colored engravings. $800 to $1,200.

Doyle, June 25: Lenny Bruce typed letter signed to a Village bohemian during his obscenity trials, with a manuscript note and drawing. $300 to $500.

Doyle, June 25: Schiff's scarce Shanghai Sketchbook. $300 to $500.

Doyle, June 25: The first accurate published representation of the American flag. $2,000 to $4,000.

ALDE: Antiquarian Books from the 15th to the 19th Centuries, 62426, Paris

Auction Details

Auction Date: June 24, 2026 - June 24, 2026

Page Size: 332 items in 14 pages

Auction Lot Books
Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
302		Cours complet de cosmographie, de geographie, de chronologie, et d’histoire ancienne et moderne	Paris	1804; 1799	EUR 500.00 - 600.00	Unknown
303	Newton Isaac	Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica, perpetuis commentariis illustrata	Geneve	1739-1742	EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00	Unknown
304		Institutions newtoniennes, ou introduction a la philosophie de M. Newton	Paris	1747	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	Unknown
305	Voltaire	Elemens de la philosophie de Neuton	Amsterdam	1738	EUR 600.00 - 800.00	Unknown
306	Peuerbach Georg von	Theoricae novae planetarum	Paris	1555	EUR 500.00 - 600.00	Unknown
307		La Sfera del mondo; De le stelle fisse libro uno	Venise	1573; 1570	EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00	Unknown
308		Histoire du ciel	Paris	1757	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	Unknown
309		Essays on Astronomy; Nouvel atlas celeste	Londres; Paris	1872; 1886	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	Unknown
310	Ptolemee	Almageste	Bale	1541	EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	Unknown
311	Riccioli Giovanni Battista	Almagestum novum astronomiam veterem novamque complectens	Bologne	1651	EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	Unknown
312		Traite de la sphere	Paris	1777	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	Unknown
313	Sacrobosco Joannes de	Sphaera emendata	Paris	1577	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	Unknown
314	Secchi Angelo (1818-1878)	Le Soleil; Les Etoiles	Paris	1875-1877; 1895	EUR 500.00 - 600.00	Unknown
315		Beobachtungen des Halleyschen Cometen bei seinem Erscheinen im Jahre 1835	Saint-Petersbourg	1839	EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00	Unknown
316	Bezout Etienne; Biot Jean-Baptiste; Diderot Denis; D'Alembert; Fontenelle Bernard Le Bouvier de; Herschel John Frederick William; Mollet Joseph; Pauilhe A. O.; Philibert Jacques-Philibert Rousselot de Surgy; Roberval Gilles P. de; Vallemont Pierre Le Lorr	13 Books, including: Suite du cours de mathematiques	Paris; Lyon	1794; 1969; 1805; ca. 1790; 1703; 1800; 1837; 1834; 1803; 1824; 1799; 1730; 1707	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	Unknown
317	Arago Francois; Bailly Jean-Sylvain; Bertier Joseph Etienne	5 Books, including: Des Cometes en general	Paris	1834; 1849; 1854-1857; 1805; 1763	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	Unknown
318	Dicquemare Jacques-Francois; Fonvielle Wilfrid de; Francœur Louis-Benjamin; Liais Emmanuel	5 Books, including: La Connoissance de l'Astronomie	Paris	1771; 1777; 1886; 1821; s.d.	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	Unknown
319	Berget Alphonse; Bigourdan Guillaume; Boillot Alexis; Briot Charles; Delaunay Charles; Desdouits Leon-Michel; Garcet Henri; Giono Jean; Grignon A.; Hoefer Ferdinand; Liskenne Charles; Loupot C.; Moreux Theophile; Nisard Desire; Pichot Jules; Reeves Hubert	27 Books, including: Le Ciel	Paris; Tours; Lille; Strasbourg	ca. 1923; 1911; 1864; 1853; 1928-1987; 1870; 1852; 1866; ca. 1938; ca. 1920; 1873; 1846-1847; 1856; 1838; 1924; 1928; 1820; 1860; 1888; 1981-2000; 1939-1951; ca. 1948; 1954; ca. 1961	EUR 600.00 - 800.00	Unknown
320	Asimov Isaac; Bosler Jean; Braun Wernher Von; Chenevier Pierre; Couper Heather; Pelham David; Danjon Andre; Couder Andre; Dollfus Audoin; Ferris Timothy; Gougenheim Lucienne; Hoyle Fred; Houzeau Jean-Charles; Lancaster Albert; Jeans James; Lalande Jerome	25 Books, including: Myriades	Paris; Mansfield; Amsterdam; Moscou	v. 1984; 1923; v. 1969; v. 1932; v. 1980; v. 1983; 1983; v. 2006; v. 1962; v. 1981; v. 1956; 1882-1887; 1932; 1970; v. 1984; 1858; v. 1945; v. 2005; v. 2003; v. 1987; v. 1961; v. 1995	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	Unknown
321	Burnham Robert; Dobbins Thomas A.; Hoyle Fred; Kanas Nick; Maunder Edward-Walter; Sobel Dava; Stawell Ball Robert	7 Books, including: Burnham's celestial handbook	New York; Richmond; Londres; Chichester	1977-1978; ca. 1988; 1965; 2019; 1901; 2005; 1925	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	Unknown
322		6 Books, including: Almanach des Dames		1810; 1816; 1823; 1826	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	Unknown
323		9 Books, including: Ephemerides troyennes		1760; 1765-1780; 1783; 1781; 1786; 1788; 1809	EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00	Unknown
324	Boutet de Monvel; La Fontaine Jean de; Widor Charles-Marie	5 Books, including: Jeanne d'Arc		N/A	EUR 100.00 - 120.00	Unknown
326	Geronval Maurice-Ernest Audouin de; Povillon-Pierard Etienne; Barthelemy Edouard de; Buache Edmond	6 Books, including: Recueil de six pieces concernant la relique de saint Nombril		1707; 1823; 1825; 1866; 1889	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	Unknown
327	Baudoin Jean; Boyer d'Argens Jean-Baptiste; Deguerle Jean-Nicolas-Marie; Sewrin Charles-Augustin; Deventer Hendrick von; Floquet Jean-Andre; Guenee Antoine; Hebrard Pierre; Homere; Lenoir Henri; Macartney George; Mamachi Tommaso Maria; Palafox y Mendoza J	17 Books, including: Emblemes divers	Paris; La Haye; Londres	1659; 1777; 1799; 1802; 1734; 1750; 1892-1907; 1804; 1772; 1709; 1765; 1764; 1767; 1746; 1652; 1759	EUR 600.00 - 800.00	Unknown

Bonhams, June 14-23: Palm-reading, astrology, and more. Estimate: $2,000 - 3,000

Bonhams, June 14-23: Benjamin Franklin. Sammelband of 45 papers on electricity. Estimate: $8,000 - 12,000

Bonhams, June 14-23: The basis for the whole modern electric-power industry. Estimate: $4,000 - 6,000

Bonhams, June 14-23: Edgar Allen Poe. Poe on Mesmerism. Estimate: $2,500 - 3,500

Bonhams, June 14-23: Reformation - The Architect of Lutheranism on Church Unity and Dissent. Estimate: $100,000 - 150,000

Bonhams, June 14-23: The Rare 3-Paper Offprint Identifying the Double Helix Structure of DNA, Signed by Crick, Wilkins, Wilson, Stokes and Gosling. Estimate: $40,000 - 60,000

Bonhams, June 14-23: Autograph book and Report from the Thirtieth Indian National Congress, featuring the signatures of Mahatma Gandhi, Rabindranath Tagore, and Dadabhai Naoroji. Estimate: $6,000 - 8,000

Bonhams, June 14-23: An Illustrated Miniature Hebrew Prayerbook Manuscript. Estimate: $30,000 - 50,000

Bonhams, June 14-23: Autograph Working Draft of Arthur Conan Doyle's The Death Voyage. Estimate: $30,000 - 50,000

Bonhams, June 14-23: "Perhaps the most celebrated and most beautiful herbal ever published." Estimate: $15,000 - 20,000

Bonhams, June 14-23: Izaak Walton. The Compleat Angler or the Contemplative man's Recreation. Being a Discourse of Fish and Fishing. Estimate: $12,000 - 18,000

Bonhams, June 14-23: A rare product of the Jaquard loom. Estimate: $8,000 - 12,000
Freeman’s, June 30. Thomas Jefferson’s “Birth of the New Nation” letter, carried to Paris with the Treaty of Peace, by a Jewish patriot. $100,000-200,000.

Freeman’s, June 30. “The rockets’ red glare.” A British midshipman’s log recording the bombardment of Fort McHenry. $60,000-80,000.

Freeman’s, June 30. The Critical Promotion of a Naval Hero, Oliver Hazard Perry Commission signed by James Madison, 1812. $40,000-60,000.

Freeman’s, June 30. Born in the USA: First Day of Printing in the United States, July 4, 1776. $15,000-25,000.

Freeman’s, June 30. One of the Earliest Printed Announcements of American Independence, in the Exceedingly Rare Original Wrappers, 1776. $10,000-15,000.

Freeman’s, June 30. "The Two Big Guns of the N.Y. Yanks": A Striking Type 1 Press Photograph of Lou Gehrig's Hands. $8,000-12,000.

Freeman’s, June 30. A Unique Contemporary Manuscript Account of Joseph Smith's Final Words to His Followers, the Day Before his Violent Death. $8,000-12,000.

Freeman’s, June 30. The State of Minnesota Officially Certifies the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution Of the United States. $8,000-12,000.

Freeman’s, June 30. Extraordinarily Large Manuscript Petition Signed by a Who's Who of Colonial New York to Queen Anne from the Colony of New York. $8,000-12,000.

Freeman’s, June 30. Mickey Mantle's First Cover: The Earliest Front-Page Newspaper Image of Mickey Mantle, "Something Good from Joplin". $8,000-12,000.

Freeman’s, June 30. A Call to Arms in the Months Following the Declaration of Independence: An Early Continental Army Recruitment Poster. $6,000-9,000.

Freeman’s, June 30. Samuel Jones, the Statesman Behind the Newly Discovered "Jones Declaration": His Annotated Set Used in His Working Law Library. $6,000-9,000.